Crime Statistics for Oldbury, Sandwell, Sandwell, 2024

There were a total of 294 street level crime incidents in Oldbury in March 2024. See where they were on the map below and broken down by categories. The largest category was Violent Crime, followed by Vehicle Crime.

Although violent crime represents the largest incidents category in Oldbury, this category is usually the largest in any urban area. This is partly because 'Violent Crime' covers so many offences compared to say Burglary

Crime Category	Incidents
Violent Crime	134
Vehicle Crime	27
Anti Social Behaviour	24
Criminal Damage Arson	23
Other Theft	16
Shoplifting	16
Public Order	14
Burglary	10
Other Crime	9
Possession Of Weapons	9
Robbery	8
Drugs	2
Theft From The Person	1
Bicycle Theft	1
All Crime	294

Map of street level crime incidents in March 2024

Police data is divided in Policing Neighbourhoods. We have taken the 'best fit' neighbourhood that includes Oldbury. This map shows if incidents are evenly distributed over the district or if there are hot spots in certain streets or areas.

Where Police data is not specific to an address for privacy reasons, most roads are represented by 1 to 2 markers or clusters. However, this should be enough to ascertain if the road you live in or are thinking of moving to, is a crime hot spot. The only exception could be where there is a large cluster of a single crime category on a street, as this could but not necessarily be related to multiple incidents at one address.

Crime incidents in neighbouring areas to Oldbury

We've taken the ten nearest places to Oldbury and ranked them by the number of crime incidents in each. This should allow you to see if Oldbury has more crime than other surrounding areas.

Location	Crime Incidents
Tat Bank (0.88 miles)	377
Langley (0.62 miles)	358
Causeway Green (0.88 miles)	334
Langley Green (0.88 miles)	334
Round’s Green	307
Londonderry (1.39 miles)	302
Oldbury	294
Rowley Regis (1.39 miles)	274
Portway	268
Springfield (1.24 miles)	214

Where are the most violent places near Oldbury?

The category of crime that most concerns people is violent crime. We have taken the ten nearest place to Oldbury and ranked them according to the number of violent incidents in the 'best fit' Policing neighbourhood.

Location	Violent Incidents
Langley	178
Causeway Green	175
Langley Green	175
Londonderry	159
Tat Bank	158
Rowley Regis	140
Oldbury	134
Portway	132
Round’s Green	124
Springfield	102

How likely are you to be a victim of crime in Oldbury?

Every two years the government publishes the Index of Multiple Deprivation. One of those domains is crime, more precisely, how likely you are to be the victim of a what is known as 'personal crime', such as muggings or burglary. The governemnt publish these statitsics down to the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) or in simple geographic terms, a few roads. These statistics are also published on a ward level as an average of the LSOAs in that area. We have taken the average rank and converted it into a more accessble form, a score out of 100. Where the higher the score, the more likely you are in Oldbury to be a victim of personal crime. Note that the following score has been generated from the 2019 statistics. At the time of writing, these have not been updated by the government during and since the COVID 19 pandemic.

How does crime in Oldbury compare to surrounding wards?

We have taken the 10 nearest wards to Oldbury and ranked them using our crime score based on the Index of Multiple Deprivation average rank for the ward. Oldbury is ranked #3.

#	Ward	Score
1	Greets Green and Lyng	69
2	Rowley	67
3	Langley	65
4	Tividale	60
5	Netherton, Woodside and St Andrews	59
6	Cradley Heath and Old Hill	57
7	Blackheath	56
8	Bristnall	54
9	Oldbury	54
10	Halesowen North	48
11	Belle Vale	34

Which road in Oldbury has the highest level of crime?

We have used the Index of Multiple Deprivation to find the Lower Super Output Area (LSOA) in Oldbury with the highest crime score. Accoding to the 2019 statistics, that is in and around Birchley Island.